9 Over-Hyped Video Games You Were Always Going To Hate

5. Ryse: Son Of Rome

Call me old-school, but I can always go for a game that does a repetitive thing well. It's why the original Assassin's Creed wasn't anywhere near as naff as tons of critics made out, and it's why Ryse: Son of Rome was brilliant fun, despite being roundly shat upon by, well, everyone.

Granted, Microsoft did have it front and centre as one of the Xbox One's launch titles, but you can't help but feel like Ryse caught some of the unabashed hatred that was flowing towards Microsoft's machine, simply by association.

People wanted to hate on Microsoft for royally ballsing up the sequel to the Xbox 360, and whilst I'm right there with them in that regard, Ryse: Son of Rome was a totally fun - and gorgeous-looking - carefree action romp.